About ChristianaCare: ChristianaCare is the one of the Mid Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of 3 campuses: Wilmington, Newark and Union at Cecil County. Through our values of love and excellence, ChristianaCare is consistently identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology, cancer and women's health services and ranked by US News & World as Best Hospital.
Primary Function:
The primary responsibility involves all phases of noninvasive peripheral vascular testing. The work is performed on outpatients in accordance with established procedures and protocols of the department under the direct supervision of the interpreting vascular physician. The vascular technologist is responsible for all non-invasive vascular procedures in the vascular laboratory. The technologist must show significant, independent judgment in performing all procedure and be able to deal with difficult or unusual situations. Must be able to evaluate studies for technical quality and correlate with other modalities when appropriate.
Shift:
Principle Duties:
- Perform all diagnostic vascular procedures and operate all vascular equipment such as ultrasound imagers, treadmill, segmental limb pressure and pulse volume recordings, responsible to differentiate normal from abnormal pathology.
- Performs a thorough review of the patient charts to verify the physician orders and obtain pertinent clinical history relating to the examination.
- Responsible for recognizing characteristic changes related to age spans and chronic disease.
- Responsible for establishing which procedures are appropriate for the diagnosis and which procedures are contraindicated for specific symptoms and test values.
- Responsible for differentiating user created artifact from patient pathology.
- Responsible for briefly explaining the test to the patient and answer any questions the patient may have. Professional ethics and confidentiality should be kept in mind.
- Make the patient as comfortable as possible while in the department. Ensure patient safety and attend to their needs the entire time they are in the department. Familiarity with basic patient support equipment.
- Responsible for evaluating studies for technical quality.
- Responsible for utilizing all accessories necessary to perform procedure.
- Responsible for proper identification of films.
- Responsible for portions of the Quality Assurance Program, assists with development and updating of policy and procedures and pursues ongoing continuing education.
- Displays actions in accordance with Christiana Care Mission Statement and Core Values.
- Responsible for other duties or projects assigned by Supervisor/Manager, Administrative Director, or Medical Director of Vascular Lab.
- Perform assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and policies. Reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development, the ability to obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs and to provide the care needed.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Consistently uses two patient identifiers.
- Completes all mandatory education.
- Performs other related duties as required including, but not limited to, rotating through satellite locations.
Education Requirement:
- Must be a graduate of a medical diagnostic ultrasound program or other allied health profession or possess equivalent training.
- Must be RVT or RVS registered.
- New graduates: Registry-eligible and must sit for registry and become RVT/RVS within first year of employment or within first year of eligibility.
Special Requirements:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification.
- Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) credential or Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS).
This position pays $37.38 to $51.40 based on experience.This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
